Search and List Items Quickly with Mint Market App

For iPhone and Android, Mint Market lets you quickly search/create listings for gadgets on a beautifully laid-out design. Most stores will give you in-store credit for items purchased within 30 days. But if buyer's remorse hit you a little...

For iPhone and Android, Mint Market lets you quickly search/create listings for gadgets on a beautifully laid-out design.

Most stores will give you in-store credit for items purchased within 30 days. But if buyer's remorse hit you a little later than that and your items are still in great condition but you don't feel like selling on eBay or Craigslist, the Mint Market app offers the option of selling items using only your iPhone or Android. It's free to join and list items with an emphasis on 'Mint' Condition items (60 days or newer).

Deeply integrated into Facebook to help users buy/sell with people they know, the app makes it simple to list items. Snap a picture, add a description, price, and date of purchase, and your item is listed in the app and spread to your Facebook friends (if you choose). Viewing items for sale is equally as simple with the ability to filter by price, personal network and distance. With the app's attractive layout, I can see users spending extra time browsing the marketplace for a possible steal on an item. The app also lets users subscribe to the products the products within the app's Item Feed, and be notified as soon as those items become available.

Even though the app is attractive to look at and easy to use, there were some hiccups. Flipping through the marketplace wasn't as smooth and responsive as I would have liked (and I was on a pretty strong wifi signal), and I had a problem selecting my "default cities" to look for items. All I got were U.S. territories to choose from. On the flip-side, listing an item was pretty effortless.

There are no eCommerce technologies built-in to the app, the Mint Market app only helps you find/list items quickly. Negotiating the rest of the transaction is up to you; which, is nothing new if you're familiar with Craigslist (sans the spamming and other "shady" offers). So check out Mint Market in iTunes and Google Play and let me know what you think in the comments section.

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